different between quality vs facet
quality
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French qualité, from Latin qu?lit?tem, accusative of qu?lit?s, from qu?lis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?o- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ??????? (poiót?s, “quality”), coined by Plato from ????? (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kw?l?ti/
- (UK, obsolete) IPA(key): /?kwæl?ti/, /?kwæl?t?/
- (US, father-bother merger, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?kw?l?ti/, [?k?w????i]
Noun
quality (countable and uncountable, plural qualities)
- (uncountable) Level of excellence.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- He called for China’s cooperation in efforts to improve air quality.
- He called for China’s cooperation in efforts to improve air quality.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
- (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
- (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
- (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- (countable, Britain, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- 1998, Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach, Contemporary British Politics (page 164)
- It is argued that in the last ten years or so, quality broadsheet newspapers have become more like the tabloids. Anthony Sampson has argued that 'the frontier between the qualities and popular papers has virtually disappeared'.
- 1998, Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach, Contemporary British Politics (page 164)
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "quality": high, good, excellent, exceptional, great, outstanding, satisfactory, acceptable, sufficient, adequate, poor, low, bad, inferior, dubious, environmental, visual, optical, industrial, total, artistic, educational, physical, musical, chemical, spiritual, intellectual, architectural, mechanical.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:characteristic
Hyponyms
- human quality
- industrial quality
Coordinate terms
- (a property that differentiates): quiddity
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
quality (comparative more quality, superlative most quality)
- Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.
Derived terms
- qualityness
Related terms
- qualia
- qualitative
Translations
References
- Quality (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- quality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quality at OneLook Dictionary Search
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facet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French facette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæs?t/
- Rhymes: -æs?t
Noun
facet (plural facets)
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
- Synonym: aspect
- The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
- We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it.
- (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.
- the articular facet of a bone
- (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
- (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
- (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
- (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.
Derived terms
- multifaceted
- facetal
Translations
Verb
facet (third-person singular simple present facets, present participle faceting or facetting, simple past and past participle faceted or facetted)
- To cut a facet into a gemstone.
Usage notes
- Faceting and faceted are more common in the US. Facetting and facetted are more common in the UK.
Translations
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French facette (“facet”), diminutive of face.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fas?t/, [fa?s?d?]
Noun
facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)
- facet
Declension
Further reading
- facet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- “facet” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French facette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa??s?t/
- Hyphenation: fa?cet
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)
- facet
Derived terms
- facetoog
Descendants
- Afrikaans: faset
- ? Indonesian: faset
Polish
Etymology
From Latin fac?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fa.t?s?t/
Noun
facet m pers (diminutive facecik, feminine facetka)
- (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap
Declension
Further reading
- facet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- facet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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